For that matter, what a refreshingly sane contrast to the current scene in the U.S., where in the heart of Manhattan Iran maintains a large mission to the UN — and where U.S. taxpayers will again be footing the bill to ensure the safety of Iran’s pro-genocide president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, when he travels to New York later this month for his eighth consecutive propaganda tour and center-stage rant at the annual opening of the UN General Assembly.

It has long been the position of the U.S. government that however unsavory it may be to have Iranian officials jetting in to New York, and Iranian diplomats nesting in midtown Manhattan, Iran as a member of the UN has full rights to all the usual privileges, immunities and access that come with a UN seat. That has not changed, despite the Iranian regime’s terrorist record, genocidal threats, mockery of UN sanctions and the arrest at JFK airport last year of Iranian-American Mansour Arbabsiar, in connection with an alleged Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington by bombing a popular restaurant — an arrest that dovetailed with Ahmadinejad’s 2011 trip to the annual opening of the UN General Assembly.

Diplomatic courtesies have their place, but they should also have their limits. Iran itself is in flagrant violation not only of UN sanctions, but of the UN charter itself. The U.S. government may place high value on honoring its commitments to the UN, but what happens when a UN member state exploits its seat to monstrous ends? Last I heard, America is still a sovereign state, and it is ultimately America’s decision who gets to visit or reside within our shores. Canada has just stepped up on the side of the Free World, shuttered its embassy in Tehran and told Iran’s regime to get its official tentacles out of Ottawa. A terrific initiative, and the kind of example that other leaders of the Free World would do well to follow.

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Iranian from Cleveland

I am an Iranian American and this news made my DAY! I’m glad those smelly Hezbollahi terrorist pigs with diplomatic immunity got KICKED OUT! LMAO! One of the diplomats is an Iraqi and is one of the Larijani brothers

I agree. One of the major issues of this decision shouldn’t be underscored by the fact that Canada has been closely paying attention to Iranian-expats and their serious grievences concerning the current regime of Iran.

I have always used it as a litmust test, whether or not leaders mean what they say, if they still allow thugs to be represented in their countries.

This is a great piece of news from Canada, and I am duly impressed.

In fact, a few weeks ago there was a little reported piece of Islamic brutish behavior, which few cared about. And whether the dhimmifying police is a direct result of Iran’s belligerence is hard to quantify, surely CAIR and the hydra tentacled Muslim Mafia is operating behind the scenes. But every step taken towards Islamic thugs is a good thing!

‘http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/08/20/western-dhimmis-bow-again-to-islamic-supremacists-when-where-will-this-end-the-jury-is-out-on-said-results-brief-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/ (8/20/12) and having many friends who live in Toronto & other Canadian provinces, this piece of news made me sick.

On the other hand, the latest news re Iran caused me to have a little hope too, maybe some leaders are getting a backbone. A woman can dream…..

Expelling Iran is a start, but Iran is no better than Saudi Arabia, and I argue that the Sunni terrorism of Saudi Arabia poses a far graver global threat – most mosques and imams in the West are funded by Saudi Arabia and the other Sunni Arab regimes of the gulf. Therefore most Islamic Jihad, including the 9/11 atrocity and the vast majority of the more than 20,000 murderous terror operations since 9/11 were funded by Saudi and other Arab Sunni terror money. We should not have cozy relations with any of these verminous totalitarian hell holes.

I still remember with gratitude how Canadian embassy officials in Tehran sheltered many Americans after our embassy was taken over by Iranian “dissidents.” That was a gutsy move – if the Iranians found out about it, they would’ve overtaken the Canadian embassy as well.

Larry J beat me to it.
The Canadians’ brave efficiency under extreme stress during that confused time with assistance and quiet protection of our Embassy Staff in Teheran literally saved their lives….literally saved their lives.

I, too, am Canadian and continue to be proud of our Conservative Government, under the able — perhaps unexciting! Who cares? — leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

He doesn’t court the MSM — they hate him — and simply proceeds quietly and relentlessly to tackle the real and difficult problems facing Western nations today, unlike his counterpart Stateside who likes to blame others for all of America’s woes.

When Stephen Harper comes to a fork in the road, he simply walks straight ahead. He and a number of the Ministers in his Cabinet mean business and despite the opprobrium and dirty tricks of the lamestream, aka consensus, media, they’ve so far been able to stay the course and are incrementally improving Canadians’ futures.

BTW, before the last election, in which PM Harper and his CPC (Conservative Party of Canada) won a majority, the media polls said that they and their near competitors (then, the Liberals, who were actually decimated) were “neck and neck.” Don’t be discouraged when the U.S. media says the same thing about Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan. The media are carrying water for the Dems and will word their polls to make it look as though the Democrats are doing better than they are. Everyone loves a winner, right? Don’t be deceived!

Wow. One big move from the Hezbollahi and we could come even closer to replicating the election of 1980. Sorry for slightly jacking the thread, but with the Sword of Obamacles hanging over America I think of every issue in terms of November 6.

So I’m curious: would an Iranian/Israeli war help, or hurt Obama? People give him high ratings on foreign policy, I guess because “he got” bin Laden.

He isnt my president. And soon my president Romney, will truly fast track and green light energy production and distribution channel expansion. A real all of thee above strategy.

This chump pretender that stated that his policies have led the US to be less dependent on foreign oil was telling the truth. However the reason that is, is because our economy is so kaput and gas prices so high, that people are using less, not be choice, but by necessity and desperation.

Oblahblah had the nerve to say in his speech the other night that the U.S.A. would soon be oil- and gas-independent. What a crock.

He nixed the Keystonhe XL Pipeline, which would transport Canadian natural gas to the U.S., on the grounds that it endangered clean air and water supplies, as well as harming migratory birds and other wildlife.

TransCanada is fully committed to the construction of the 1,897-km (1,179-mile) Keystone XL Pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. We will re-apply for a Presidential Permit and expect a new application to be processed in an expedited manner, making use of the exhaustive record compiled over the past three plus years of regulatory review to allow for an in-service date of 2015. TransCanada anticipates approval of the Presidential Permit application – which is required as the pipeline will cross the Canada/U.S. border – in the first quarter of 2013, after which construction will quickly begin.

Is there anything to prevent the US from bringing the UN to a slow boil, by selectively and very publicly revoking diplomatic credentials from the ambassadors of a (rather long) list of third-world thugocracies and tyrannies?

Put through the best and most long-winded diplomatic waffle maker, it shouldn’t be hard to make the point that absent a change in attitude, the termination of the gravy train for the unlucky losers would be best seen as the start of a much longer and more painful process that could very well lead in a direction third-world filth would find counterproductive. Bluntly: there’s no point in having power if you don’t use it.

Bonus: the contortions at State would be more instructive than any administration of badly needed loyalty oaths. The culling, in other words, would then be quicker, easier and permanent.

As an Australian, who views Canadians almost as cousins [except they have snow and we have deserts], I always thought they were slightly weird in their leftish thoughts and sentiments. Perhaps it is the lingering whiff of Trudeaism or something.

Canada and Australia have always been competitors in the global market for mines and minerals. Almost always, Australia has won the competition.

But they have now turned it around.

I found out yesterday that amongst our competitors for mining Canada now beats us hands down.

The difference is that Canada after many years turfed out their socialist governments, and we here in Australia are still suffering under one; albeit it will be thrown from office within the year.

As for the US, it disheartens us here in Australia to see stories of its supposed demise. It needs to be strong, though I don’t know how it can do that if it has to face another four years of Obama.

Yes, federally we Canadians have “licked” the socialists—for the time being: they’re like termites still in the basement—but we still have lots of provincial socialist governments, one of which has bankrupt what used to be our most prosperous province, Ontario. (And, yes, like most countries in the West, our left-wing, public system schools—some classrooms openly sported Obama posters—are incubators for brainless, OWS types.)

However, as kjh has written above—I altogether agree with this analysis—PM Harper and his government are leading from in front, quietly, but surely. (I’d love to know what Harper really thinks of Obama, who, among other gaffes, said, when he was in Ottawa, “I’m happy to be here in Iow . . . Ottawa.” No wonder he only stayed for a few hours: our PM was statesmanlike, off teleprompter, and Zer0 couldn’t even hold it together when scripted. WHAT an empty chair or, as someone wittily observed, “The clothes have no emperor”!)

I’ve written our fine PM and Minister John Baird, congratulating them on this bold and principled move. And thank you, Claudia, for writing about this: Canada now pulls well above its weight and is usually quite ignored. I appreciate the well-deserved credit where credit is due.

The US has been so hamstrung by Environmentalist Communists, that our mineral mining (like Uranium for example) has been crippled. (Not to mention they shut down Nuclear Energy plant construction by the early 1980s). And then people wonder why we are on the ropes.

“The Iranian regime is providing increasing military assistance to the Assad regime; it refuses to comply with UN resolutions pertaining to its nuclear program; it routinely threatens the existence of Israel and engages in racist anti-Semitic rhetoric and incitement to genocide; it is among the world’s worst violators of human rights; and it shelters and materially supports terrorist groups, requiring the Government of Canada to formally list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.”

Well, OK, but aside from that, what else are the Iranians guilty of? Yet if you listen to the Obama administration, the Iranians seem to be nothing more than a minor annoyance. You never hear Obama talk about the Iranian problem, and even less about their nuclear program. And then there’s that usual holy grail of “international sanctions” against countries like Iran, which never, ever, work. Iran’s economy may take a hit because of the sanctions, but they will still get their nuclear bomb and still threaten Israel with extermination. Who knew that the Canadians would be at the cutting edge of a foreign policy push against the Iranians? Now THAT should embarrass Obama more than anything else, that he is being shown up by CANADIANS.

As I said in my post above, we punch well above our weight and have for the longest time, especially during WWI, where Canada, in effect, came of age. Since then, our soldiers have provided courageous and kick-serious-butt service around the world.

Now, if you’re talking politicians, I can see your point: the Liberals—your Democrats—ran this country (into the ground) like a private fiefdom for decades. Thank God Canadians finally rejected these Obama wannabes’ divide-and-conquer, identity politics rule.

(And the Liberal’s latest leader, the PM-Pretender-in-Waiting, Count Michael Ignatieff, after losing his own seat in the 2011 election, when the Liberal Party had its worst showing in its history, has gone back to—guess where?—HAH-VAHD: good riddance to posturing, entitled rubbish! Let’s hope our American cousins do the same to Zer0 in 2012.)

Why not Canadians, eh? The world of sycophantic, craven Western poseurs, who pander to identity politics and its decrepit enablers and enforcers, can sure learn a thing or two from PM Stephen Harper and his government. Go for it, guys and gals!

It’s all very simple: the Canadian government is presently run by honorable men who seek to do the right thing.
The American government is run by a cabal of commie thugs and jackasses who, when they’re not stoned or getting laid (and it does seem that’s all they ever discuss, isn’t it? I guess they’re obsessed by it.)still believe in that “have a conversation instead of a fight” BS, which has never, ever worked in the entire history of mankind going back 20,000 years. If they’re so frikkin’right, why don’t they know this?
Oh. That’s right. They only listen to the stupid voices in their own tiny little heads. Facts are soooo Republican! Therefore, facts are BAD!In addition, Dems aren’t very brave unless they’re in a group. Individually, they are all chicken. Indeed, they’re all weenies! If it weren’t for the lesbians, there wouldn’t be a man among them!
Just like their fact-free convention last week.

Add to that point that Canada has a large ex-pat Iranian population—and Arabs and Pakistanis too–among whom there are likely to be a few bad apples: sleeper agents (what the Ruskies call “illegals”) buried among them.

This gives the authorities ample space to monitor them more aggressively and quietly (they are CANADIAN after all) put them “on ice”.

Recall that the “millenium bomber” was an Arab Canadian out of Montreal who crossed into Washington state. Recall that 9/11 had a Toronto, Canada connection with respect to the source of all the false documents used. What else DON’T we know about anti-American hostiles in Canada?

Uh huh. You’re right about one thing, Observer92 (reference to your age by any chance? It shows …): The world does have low standards.

Have you ever lived in a third-world country, where one of the biggest problems facing the people, aside from famine, war, earthquake, disease, is the corruption of their (un)elected officials? We’re talking about 80% of the world.

Canadians have it good now that we finally have a Prime Minister who makes decisions based on principle, not just selling out to the highest bidder. Liberalism has proven to be fatal in most of the countries where it’s triumphed. Maggie Thatcher was right: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” And that’s where liberalism leads — straight to socialist policies and bankruptcy.

Let’s not forget why Obama keeps begging Iran to negotiate: He wants to be the one who opened Iran to the West. He’s thinking Nixon and China. He wants Iran to be his legacy.

Of course, Iran will be Obama’s legacy but for the opposite reason he thinks: For his ‘Iranian’ legacy, he has sold out the Iranian people. For his ‘Iranian’ legacy, he has sold out Israel and the Israeli people. For his ‘Iranian’ legacy, he has sold out America and the American people.

Thank you for all the thumbs up sent to Canada. Yes, I remember the Canadian Caper (I was in High school at the time), and could not have been happier when I saw the news of the freed Americans touching down in the US, on that January day in 1981.

I say that some are quicker to learn this, than others: It is always the right time to do the right thing.

Plus, who else caught the interview of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, yesterday, on, of all places, the CBC.

It has always been a puzzle to me how any country that bases its Constitution on islam/koran/Sharia can be allowed a vote in the UN.

islam without a doubt is contrary to all of the stipulations of the UNDHR.

If the UN would only enforce adherence to not only its charter, but make the UNDHR a prerequisite as a basis for any countries laws it might then regain some legitimacy. For it has none now. In its current form it should not exist as it has proven to have been a wasted effort.